4WD conversion
Butt-Head
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Funny thing is I don't watch, nor have I had TV since 2001 when my first college roommate moved out. Tugly introduced me to FIF a couple years ago while I was visiting....I watched half a dozen episodes and that's it.
I have this memory though that will not let me forget useless information. Ask me about music sometime........
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From: N.GA Mountains
I’ve had better luck with the autoparts steering gear than Sous had. I say run it until you can afford a better one, then upgrade.
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
CNCFAB
Joined: Apr 2020
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How fast do you need a gear? I have two. One I never sent back after blue top install(took me forever to get around to install it) that is low mile but seemed to have a slight rattle in it in a left turn after the po was forcing turns with a seized ball joint. The other is from the parts truck. It had a remanned sticker on it, never drove it, but the pitman arm turns smooth by hand. It is a bit rusty.
Both are 32 spline e99 4x4
Not sure if you wanna try one or just go to parts store.
Also should have rear axle blocks ssj mentioned. Would have to look. Not sure if they would be the 2” or 3.75” ones, been too long
Both are 32 spline e99 4x4
Not sure if you wanna try one or just go to parts store.
Also should have rear axle blocks ssj mentioned. Would have to look. Not sure if they would be the 2” or 3.75” ones, been too long
More Turbo
Joined: May 2017
Posts: 678
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From: Middle Georgia
I’ve had better luck with the autoparts steering gear than Sous had. I say run it until you can afford a better one, then upgrade.
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
Tristan took the blocks from the donor rear axle so he won't have to squat.
Last edited by runningman777; Jan 23, 2022 at 07:04 AM. Reason: Fix spelling
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I never watched much TV but, my sister and I used to always watch an episode of supernatural before going to school in the morning! I will have to go to YouTube and check out forged in fire myself!
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From: Fairhope Alabama
I’ve had better luck with the autoparts steering gear than Sous had. I say run it until you can afford a better one, then upgrade.
I'll try that then!
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I bought it online so, I doubt it.
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
Yep. We couldn't use it anyway. We were using vice grips to turn the steering to move the truck around. With no cab on it it was kind of hard to have a steering wheel hooked up to it but vice grips worked well!
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
I'll try that then!
Get parts store to price match online pricing. The minimum ‘discount’ you should be able to get at the counter is 30%. No need to mention your core is 2wd.
You can swap the pitman arm you bought for the one you need, right?
I bought it online so, I doubt it.
I guess the 4wd donor steering gear and pitman arm went to scrap?
Yep. We couldn't use it anyway. We were using vice grips to turn the steering to move the truck around. With no cab on it it was kind of hard to have a steering wheel hooked up to it but vice grips worked well!
You are probably going to want to add blocks under the rear springs to bring the back up slightly higher than the front end will be. Probably 2” (F250) blocks. Did you harvest them from donor?
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Funny thing is I don't watch, nor have I had TV since 2001 when my first college roommate moved out. Tugly introduced me to FIF a couple years ago while I was visiting....I watched half a dozen episodes and that's it.
I have this memory though that will not let me forget useless information. Ask me about music sometime........
I have this memory though that will not let me forget useless information. Ask me about music sometime........
Don’t start! You are making good progress on your projects.
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From: Fairhope Alabama
How fast do you need a gear? I have two. One I never sent back after blue top install(took me forever to get around to install it) that is low mile but seemed to have a slight rattle in it in a left turn after the po was forcing turns with a seized ball joint. The other is from the parts truck. It had a remanned sticker on it, never drove it, but the pitman arm turns smooth by hand. It is a bit rusty.
Both are 32 spline e99 4x4
Not sure if you wanna try one or just go to parts store.
Also should have rear axle blocks ssj mentioned. Would have to look. Not sure if they would be the 2” or 3.75” ones, been too long
Both are 32 spline e99 4x4
Not sure if you wanna try one or just go to parts store.
Also should have rear axle blocks ssj mentioned. Would have to look. Not sure if they would be the 2” or 3.75” ones, been too long
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Got tired of dragging hose around construction site so, I got this bad boy in the arsenal
Aight..back to regular 4wd program
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From: Douglassville, PA
Negative...OS4-0842. How old do we have to be to remember when the first two digits were Alpha? When I was really young, they used a whole word for them.
